Challenges Quote by Spencer Abraham

The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.

— Spencer Abraham

Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Nuclear proliferation has never entirely been brought under control, and the arsenals of nuclear powers contain bombs far more powerful than those dropped on…

— Margaret MacMillan

The basic problem with the Non-Proliferation Treaty is there's no teeth in it, no penalties for countries that don't comply. Worse, as you say,…

— Kenneth M. Pollack

We favor a strong nonproliferation program that emphasizes diplomacy, reliance on multilateral regimes, controls on nuclear materials, and cooperative nuclear threat reduction.

— George W. Bush

One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are being consumed…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I was not a hard-liner against nuclear, because I viewed that as perhaps the only way we might keep the lights on another 25…

— James Howard Kunstler

Nuclear weapons continue to occupy a unique place in global security affairs. No other weapons, in my opinion, anyway, match their potential for prompt…

— C. Robert Kehler

Despite the establishment of a peaceful post-Cold War order, proliferation continued. Nuclear risks became more diverse.

— Fumio Kishida

The only countries that are outside of [ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] are Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea withdrew in the last few years.

— John Burroughs

I worry most about proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in such a way that they could be acquired by non-governmental organizations, like terrorist…

— James L. Jones

I think that just as we're in the nuclear era we're also in an era of non-violence. It's undefeatable.

— Dorothy Day